a classroom stands empty outside of kiboga uganda during my visit in late november. school had ended several weeks early in advance of the start of 2016 presidential election campaigns -- and the traffic, unrest and violence that was anticipated.

yoweri musevini, the current president of uganda, has been in power since january of 1986. on february 18th ugandans will go to the polls to determine whether or not musevini will serve yet another term.